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Degrowth can work — here’s how science can help

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  • Jason Hickel
  • Giorgos Kallis
  • Tim Jackson
  • Daniel W. O’Neill
  • Juliet B. Schor
  • Julia K. Steinberger
  • Peter A. Victor
  • Diana Ürge-Vorsatz

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Wealthy countries can create prosperity while using less materials and energy if they abandon economic growth as an objective.

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  • Jason Hickel & Giorgos Kallis & Tim Jackson & Daniel W. O’Neill & Juliet B. Schor & Julia K. Steinberger & Peter A. Victor & Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, 2022. "Degrowth can work — here’s how science can help," Nature, Nature, vol. 612(7940), pages 400-403, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:612:y:2022:i:7940:d:10.1038_d41586-022-04412-x
    DOI: 10.1038/d41586-022-04412-x
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    1. Maria Kaika & Angelos Varvarousis & Federico Demaria & Hug March, 2023. "Urbanizing degrowth: Five steps towards a Radical Spatial Degrowth Agenda for planning in the face of climate emergency," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 60(7), pages 1191-1211, May.
    2. van den Bergh, Jeroen, 2023. "Climate policy versus growth concerns: Suggestions for economic research and communication," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
    3. Naudé, Wim, 2023. "Melancholy Hues: The Futility of Green Growth and Degrowth, and the Inevitability of Societal Collapse," IZA Discussion Papers 16139, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    4. Koskimäki, Teemu, 2023. "Targeting socioeconomic transformations to achieve global sustainability," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 211(C).
    5. Hickel, Jason & Sullivan, Dylan, 2024. "How much growth is required to achieve good lives for all? Insights from needs-based analysis," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 124460, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

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